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10 songs that feel like Endless Summer

Matched to Endless Summer by Fennesz on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Endless Summer
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Endless Summer
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moderate 47/100 intensity
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Goodbye Pork Pie Hat — Charles Mingus moderate 90 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100).

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Oxygene Part IV — Jean Michel Jarre moderate 100 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same complex texture.

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I Stay Away — Alice in Chains moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Measured 91% alike.

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Midnight in a Perfect World — DJ Shadow moderate 90 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Same complex texture.

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My Future — Billie Eilish safe 85 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (44/100).

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Blues for Duane — Freddie Hubbard moderate 120 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (43/100).

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Bubbles — Major Lazer moderate 110 BPM

Keeps the same feel — lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Raga Yaman — Ravi Shankar moderate 80 BPM

Measures 89% the same. It sits a little calmer at 39/100.

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Footprints — Wayne Shorter moderate 120 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and runs a little hotter at 53/100.

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Re: Person I Knew — Bill Evans safe 120 BPM

89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (43/100).

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Endless Summer is more than you want right now.

Says by Nils Frahm
Says — Nils Frahm safe 68 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 9/100, down from 47.

Wild World by Cat Stevens
Wild World — Cat Stevens safe 69 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 19/100 — the pull without the edge.

Only Time by Enya
Only Time — Enya safe 60 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Reads 14/100.

Awake by Tycho
Awake — Tycho safe 80 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. 26/100, versus the original's 47.

Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 by Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 — Frédéric Chopin safe 60 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 25/100, down from 47.

La Femme d'Argent by Air
La Femme d'Argent — Air safe 60 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 30/100 — the pull without the edge.

The Girl from Ipanema by Antonio Carlos Jobim
The Girl from Ipanema — Antonio Carlos Jobim safe 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Reads 19/100.

Li Beirut by Fairuz
Li Beirut — Fairuz safe 70 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. 19/100, versus the original's 47.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Endless Summer” by Fennesz?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” by Charles Mingus, “Oxygene Part IV” by Jean Michel Jarre, “I Stay Away” by Alice in Chains — the top match scores 98% alike. Matching is by how the songs actually move (intensity, dynamic range, texture, tempo, predictability, vocal force), not by genre tag or popularity.

What songs are like “Endless Summer” but calmer?

“Says” by Nils Frahm, “Wild World” by Cat Stevens, “Only Time” by Enya keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Endless Summer”?

It measures 47/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, complex texture, mild sudden shifts, and instrumental.

How do you decide which songs are similar?

Every song in our catalog is measured on 8 dimensions — intensity, dynamic range, tempo, sudden changes, texture, predictability, vocal force and fine sound detail. Similarity is the distance between two songs across those measurements, so matches cross genres and eras. Shared mood tags break ties.

By the numbers: how this song compares

Computed from this song’s place among the 19,209 songs we’ve measured.

Where it sits in 19,000 songs

On our 19k-song scale this lands in the middle band — more energetic than 49% of songs, calmer than the other 51%. Its intensity reading of 47/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, complex texture, mild shifts, and instrumental. It shares this stretch of the spectrum with thousands of other tracks, so the finer fingerprint below is what really separates it.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is a slow, unhurried pace: more extreme on that axis than 100% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on full chaos — sudden changes, huge quiet-to-loud swings, and relentless energy — the kind of track this one is the counterpoint to.

Feels almost identical to

Closest matches by feel across all 19,209 measured songs — not by genre or artist, by how they actually move.

What it’s good for

Sleep5/10
Focus9/10
Workout3/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype3/10

Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.

2001 in context

The 324 songs we’ve measured from 2001 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. At 7/10, this track is louder and more dynamic than its year.

The fingerprint

Intensity47
Dynamics67
Tempo33
Surprise25
Density60
Predictability50
Vocal force0
Trigger load0

The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.

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